Comments on: The Walk Out – “UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort”http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2011/02/04/the-walk-out-ufc-126-silva-vs-belfort/
Your Destination for Insider MMA News and OpinionThu, 30 Jul 2015 14:16:25 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.6By: superdavenorcalhttp://fiveouncesofpain.com/2011/02/04/the-walk-out-ufc-126-silva-vs-belfort/#comment-170576
Sat, 05 Feb 2011 14:08:45 +0000http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=33307#comment-170576@jabcrosshook
Silva has never been KO’d or TKO’d period and while i think most of Sonnen’s pussy slaps(good term Im stealin it) were just that, he landed some BOMBS that never seemed to shake Anderson.
As far as Vitor being stronger, we’ll see, you might be right, but I doubt it. Anderson is a brutally strong MW who cuts from the 220 neighborhood Belfort probably the same if not less. Silva’s TDD isnt bad as people seem to think, Only Hendo, Lutter and Sonnen have gotten him down in recent memory and only sonnen was able to do anything with it.
its an interesting fight and one that Im stoked to have the opportunity to speculate on….only 12 hours till prelims, I cant wait.

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]]>By: Dufresnehttp://fiveouncesofpain.com/2011/02/04/the-walk-out-ufc-126-silva-vs-belfort/#comment-170518
Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:30:46 +0000http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=33307#comment-170518I’m really looking forward to this card partly because of the names, but mostly because of the matchups.

Silva/Belfort is a hard one for me to pick. Belfort has ridiculously fast and powerful hands, is a physically powerful guy, and has trained with Silva in the past. Silva is Silva. It depends on which one shows up in my mind. Last time Silva fought I went on a long rant on how he was going to whoop the hell out of Sonnen, and while he did get the win, I was proven completely wrong. If this ends in the 1st round I see it ending in Belfort’s favor, but if it goes past 5 minutes I start to give Silva the edge. I’m going with Silva in this fight simply because he hasn’t lost at MW since Ryo Chonan caught him with that flying heel hook back in 2004. I’m giving it to Silva via 3rd Round TKO.

Forrest/Franklin. This is a pretty close matchup too. I give Franklin the advantage in striking technique and accuracy and Forrest the advantage in striking power. On the ground I give Forrest the edge pretty much everywhere. He’s shown a better sub game from his back and it seems like he’s got the better GnP as well. Neither will have cardio issues, neither are prone to being broken mentally, and I see this fight going the distance with the winner being determined by whether or not Forrest can close the distance and get this on the ground. I’m choosing Franklin via Decision.

Jones/Bader is a really odd matchup in my opinion, not because one doesn’t deserve to face the other or anything of that sort, but because you’ve got a technical wrestler with basic, technical standup going against a very unconventional wrestler with unconventional striking. I don’t know who is the more powerful of the two, Bader is more compact while Jones has record setting reach. For standup I have to give it to Jones based on his reach, speed, and diversity. In the takedown department I’m also going to give it to Jones due to the way he flung Hamill around in their match. I don’t know anything about either of their sub games, but with Jone’s have 9 foot arms that he likes to straighten when in guard I’m gonna give Bader the nod here. All that said I think I’m going to pick Bader by decision. Jones has gone to decision a few times in the past and when he did it seemed like he was struggling late with cardio a bit. If Bader can avoid getting his skull broken in the 1st round I think he’s got the cardio and tenacity to steal a close decision.

I’m picking Torres via submission in the late 1st to mid 2nd. He’s just got the reach, striking, and is aggressive anywhere the fight goes.

Forrest has been caught and ko’d or tko’d, and Franklin has more than enough power to finish. Franklin has been ko’d, also, but Forrest doesn’t have stopping power and has admitted it. Forrest’s best chance to win is by decision, but Franklin has won a few close ones. I don’t think it’ll go to decision unless Franklin plays it safe. That would be a bad strategy because Franklin needs to make a statement to contend at 205, and a decision or split decision win over Forrest wouldn’t be much of a statement. Franklin by ko, second round, possibly third.

Bader is a beast, but wrestling is his strength. He has power punches, but they tend to be wild, looping and sloppy, and he tends to drop his hands. That’s really dangerous, especially with Jones’ reach. Jones will ko him, and it wouldn’t surprise me if it happens in the first.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Belfort won, and it will be by ko if it happens. If I were betting, though, I’d put the money on Silva. He’s quick enough to avoid Belfort’s strikes, and he has the ability to end the fight with a one punch counter.

Agree or Disagree: 40

]]>By: fanoftna33http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2011/02/04/the-walk-out-ufc-126-silva-vs-belfort/#comment-170515
Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:04:55 +0000http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=33307#comment-170515Anderson got taken down by Travis Lutter pretty easily, acually Lutter was having his way with Silva on the ground for most of there fight.

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]]>By: elsicilianhttp://fiveouncesofpain.com/2011/02/04/the-walk-out-ufc-126-silva-vs-belfort/#comment-170514
Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:02:10 +0000http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=33307#comment-170514Geez that’s a great looking card! I’m not terribly surprised that Griffin/Franklin is the co-headline since those two have been so popular for so long, but how on earth is Jones/Bader the fourth fight? That is probably the best matchup on the card …

Bader by piss poor judges decision (Cecil Peoples has to screw up at least 1 fight per card)

Torres by sub.

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]]>By: JBARhttp://fiveouncesofpain.com/2011/02/04/the-walk-out-ufc-126-silva-vs-belfort/#comment-170511
Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:45:00 +0000http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=33307#comment-170511If I remember correctly I think Travis Lutter took him down as well but I could be wrong, I have slept since then.

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]]>By: boomnutzhttp://fiveouncesofpain.com/2011/02/04/the-walk-out-ufc-126-silva-vs-belfort/#comment-170505
Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:59:01 +0000http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=33307#comment-170505i thought Hendo might have but i wasn’t sure…but now i remember, that was like the only round he’s ever lost until Sonnen…but then the next round he choked him out…

right this card, on paper, is unbelievable, if any of the main card doesn’t provide fireworks the UC def. will…i’m praying Cerrone makes it on to the main card

Agree or Disagree: 11

]]>By: boomnutzhttp://fiveouncesofpain.com/2011/02/04/the-walk-out-ufc-126-silva-vs-belfort/#comment-170503
Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:46:34 +0000http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=33307#comment-170503i think Jones, coming from Jackson’s camp, will train takedown defense and off his back a ton, as they probably think that’s the only way Bader can win. Also, given that Jones progresses in a similar fashion to GSP, I expect him to come out equipped with a new weapon, my guess is that he comes out with some much improved Jui Jitsu, and submits Bader, or uses a funky position to get a TKO stoppage

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]]>By: MCMhttp://fiveouncesofpain.com/2011/02/04/the-walk-out-ufc-126-silva-vs-belfort/#comment-170502
Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:43:21 +0000http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=33307#comment-170502Hendo took AS down in their fight, but I agree with everything else boomnutz. Silva has great takedown defense, look at his fight with Marquardt. And before the Silva fights, wasn’t Rich known for his clinches?
I think most of the predictions are spot on, but I’m gonna go with Franklin TKO in the second. And Jones via UD.
Damn, even the undercard on this PPV is stacked.